Fabric-marking machine.



FABRIC MARKING MACHINE.

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FABRIC MARKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23, 1911.

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TINTTED STATES PATEN T UFFTGE.

GUIDO HORVATH, OF GI-IICAGO, ILLI1\TOIS, ASSIGNOR '10 T. BUETTNER & 00., OF

. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

[FABRIC-MARKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 23, 1911.

Patented J une 111, 1912.

Serial No. 667,507.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, (dunno ,Honvz'rrri, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabric-Marking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for imprinting designs in outline and body upon textile goods, and in particular for markings of more than one color.

The particular objects of the present invention are to provide a machine, inexpensive and devoid of complication, by the operation of which an endless variety of colors may be applied to the marking of fabrics; to provide a machine in which a number of pieces of fabrics may be handled simultaneously to expedite and facilitate the operation of marking thereof; and to provide a machine in which color markings may be accurately registered upon the goods.

Further objects of my invention are to provide suitable movable means for supporting marking patterns; to provide means for positioning each pattern properly with respect to a given piece of fabric to insure accurate registering of the marking thereon; and to provide means for locking such patterns when properly positioned.

The invention further consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The present invention is concerned principally with the imprinting on fabrics and textile goods of designs which may be embroidered; usually it is desired to work such designs in several colors, and, in order to better assist in the embroider-ing thereof, the forms which constitute the design may be printed in the appropriate colors. In this manner it is necessary to only work each form according to the color indicated on the material, in order that the whole design when worked shall present a proper and harmonious appearance. The means by which such a design is imprinted, representing accurately the lines in suitable color, is the subject matter of the present invention. For the accomplishment of this purpose, there is employed for each design a series of perforated patterns, each one of which represents only so much of a complete design as is to be worked in a single color. Accordingly, there must be as many patterns in each complete series as there are colors to be worked into the entire design. The number of colors which it has generally been possible to incorporate into designs on textile goods by means of a single machine has been very limited, and the method by which such multi-color designs have been imprinted is slow. In the present invention there is supplied a rapid means for accurately marking goods with any desired number of colors.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my fabric marking machine; Fig. 2 is afront elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation showing in section means for locking the revolving frame of the machine against movement; Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of one side of the revolving frame together with one edge of a pattern ready to be fastened thereto; and Figs. 5 and '6 are cross sections through one side of the revolving frame.

There is shown in the drawings a revolving carrying frame 7 centrally supported as at 8 and adapted to revolve therearound. Each of the sides 9 of said frame is preferably of equal length and for the purposes of the present invention may be of any desired number. A support 10 is carried upon each of the sides of the frame, capable of swinging movement in a vertical plane within suitable bearings 11, the free ends 12 of said support being normally held in elevated position by means of a counterweight 13. A clamping bar 14 is secured to the free ends 12 of the support, as by means of tension members 15, and is adapted to grip one edge of a pattern 16 to suspend the same (see Fig. 2).

Corresponding to the sides of the revolving frame and fixedly positioned adjacent thereto are a number of tables or platforms 17 upon which are stretched the goods or fabrics to be marked. Pins are one means by which such fabrics may be held in position upon the tables, and it is obvious that a stack of such fabrics may be arranged upon each table to expedite the positioning of each piece thereon.

In order that each pattern may be superimposed upon a fabric in precisely the same position with respect thereto clamping members 18 arecarried on each of the sides gage therein, and which through the me movement.

determining the amount of rotation of thedium of a stem 26 of reduced diameter may be turned by means of a winged nut 27 A late 28 secured to the movable section receives the bearing thrust of the winged nut and serves to limit the longitudinal movement of the member 25 within the movable section. It is evident that the number of the locking means 23 which may be utilized is entirely optional. The edge 19 of each pattern used in the machine of my invention should be provided with openings 29 adapted to register with the locking means 23 and corresponding in arrangement and number therewith. In order to enable the operator to position each pattern properly with respect to the fabric upon which an imprint is to be made the openings 29 should be alined with the members 25 when the pattern is placed between the clamping members 18. Strips of felt 30, or other suitable material, may be secured to the engaging surfaces of the fixed and movable sections and between such strips of felt the edge 19 of a pattern may be gripped without danger of wear or friction. When the openings 29 of a pattern are brought into registering position with the members 25, the movable section may be tightly clamped upon the fixed section by turning the winged nuts to advance the members 25 within the sleeves 24. The pattern is thus locked firmly and in a position which is always accurately predetermined.

A simple mechanism for revolving the frame 7 is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consisting of a hand wheel 31 connected by means of a belt or chain 32 with'a pulley 83 adapted to impart rotation to the said frame. It is to be understood that such mechanism is not the only form contemplated as suitable for this purpose, but merely as typifying one means adapted to produce the desired Means are also provided for revolving frame which will move the patterns carried thereon from one marking po sition to another. It is essential to the production of a design imprinted according to the present invention that the distance through which each pattern is moved from one fabric to another he always constant An arc-shaped member 34 is secured to each of the sides of'the revolving frame, as best shown in Fig. 3, and is provided with an opening within which may seat the acting end 35 of a locking bar 36 slidably secured to one of the tables 17. Tension means 87 tend normally to maintain said bar in looking position, and it is only when retracting force is applied upon the handle end 38 that the acting end thereof will he disengaged to permit of rotary movement of the carrying frame.

The correct positioning of said frame and patterns carried thereon with respect to each table is not entirely dependent, however, upon the locking means just described. A certain amount of play and loose movement will ordinarily be present, and I have, therefore, provided upon each table a slotted plate 39 arranged as shown in Figs. 3 and at, within which may seat a lug or ear 40 formed on the support 10 and preferably close to the pivotal point thereof. The said lug is brought intoengagement with the slotted portion of said plate only when the support 10 is swung downwardly for the superimposition of the pattern upon the fabric, and it is only then that it acts to prevent movement of the revolving frame. It may be found desirable to taper the sides of said lug, so that its engagement within the slotted plate will become closer as the support 10 is downwardly swung and tend thus to position with greater exactness the side 9 of the frame with respect to the table.

When the machine of the present invention is put int-o operation for the imprinting of designs in several colors upon a fabric, a set of patterns are properly placed upon the revolving carrying frame, and held in position by means of the clamping bar 14 and the clamping members 18. In this position the patterns are suspended at such a point above the tables that they may revolve thereover without danger of interference. Upon each of the tables a number of pieces of fabric may be stacked and held in suitable position as by means of pins, or other convenient form of fastening. The imprints are effected through the patterns by first swinging the supporting frames clownwardly, which operation also causes the locking lugs to engage wit-h the slotted plates to prevent movement of the revolv ing frame, and then by stretching the patterns taut across the fabrics to be marked. On account of the elasticproperties of the tension members 15, the bars 14 may be brought to any position necessary to draw the patterns taut over the fabrics. Suitable marking material is then applied to the fabrics through the patterns by means of a poncet, or other suitable instrument. As soon as the marking through one pattern is completed, the clamping bar is released and the pattern is suspended through the elevation of the support which takes place because of the action of the counterweight 13. This operation of marking is conducted by each of the operators stationed at the tables 17 and not until each of said operators has released the pattern support 10 from its downwardly swung position will it be possible for movement of the central revolving frame to take place. The locking bar 36 is then retracted against the action of the tension member, and the movable portion of the device is revolved through a distance necessary to bring the adjacent patterns into operative position, which distance is determined by the engagement of the end of the locking bar in the adjacent arc-shaped member 3a. The operations of the poncets are again repeated, and in this manner through each of the patterns forming part of the complete design the imprinting is effected.

It is obvious that the machine of the present invention may be used with less than six patterns for less than six different color markings. It is also apparent that a trough or receptacle may be carried on each Side of the revolving frame, so that the proper color and poncet therefor is presented to an operator when a pattern stops at his table. The machine as described provides means which cause each pattern to be brought to the precise position with respect to the fabric that is assumed by every other pattern, and enables the markings upon the fabric to be accurately placed, thereby producing a perfect design.

It will be noted that the surface of each table is cut away along the portion adjacent the revolving frame (see Fig. This construction enables the patterns to be clamped upon the revolving frame at a level substantially the same as that assumed by a fabric upon the table, and to be superimposed thereover with less likelihood of tear and damage. By this construction the necessary space is also provided for the movement thereby of the corners of the revolving frame formed by the juncture of the sides thereof.

1 claim:

1. In a machine of the class described, means for positioning the patterns consisting of a pair of pivotally connected coa-cting clamping members, and means for locking said clamping members together, said means comprising a threaded sleeve mounted in one of said clamping members, a revoluble threaded stem in the other of said members and adapted to engage therewith, and a plate member for determining the longitudinal movement of said revoluble stem, the said locking means serving also to center the pattern with respect to said clamping members, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a fabric marking machine comprising fixed supports for the fabric, and a revolving frame adjacent thereto, of a support for a pattern comprising a pair of arms swingingly mounted on said revolving frame, a weight carried by said arms at one of the ends thereof and adapted normally to elevate the other free ends thereof, a clamping member for engaging one edge of a pattern to support the same, and tension means for connecting said clamping member with the free ends of said arms, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a fabric marking machine comprising fixed supports for the fabric, a revolving frame adjacent thereto, adapted to carry thereon a series of swingingly mounted pattern supporting arms, of means for positioning said pattern supporting arms in proper relation to each of said fabric supports, said means comprising a member secured upon the fixed support and a member secured to the pattern supporting arms adapted to engage therewith, substantially as described.

4. In a fabric marking machine, the combination of a fixed support for the fabric, a revolving frame adjacent thereto, and a swingingly mounted pattern support formed with a locking member thereon carried by said revolving frame, said member being adapted withthe swinging of the pattern support into operating position to engage with said fixed support to lock the revolving frame in a fixed position, substantially as described.

5. In a fabric marking machine, the combination of a fixed support for the fabric, a revolving frame adjacent thereto, a series of swingingly mounted pattern supports, each formed with a locking member thereon, carried by said revolving frame, said members being adapted with the swinging of any selected one of said pattern supports into operating position to engage with the fixed support to lock the revolving frame in a fixed position, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a fabric marking machine comprising a fixed support for the fabric and a revolving frame adjacent thereto, of a support for a pattern, consisting of an arm swingingly mounted on said revolving frame, a clamping member secured to the free end of said arm for engaging one edge of a pattern to support the same, and means for normally maintaining the free end of said arm in elevated position, sub stantially as described.

7. In amachine of the class described, means for positioning the patterns, consisting of a pair of pivotally connected coacting clamping members, and means for locking said clamping members together, comprising a revoluble threaded stem in one of said members, and a threaded portion in the other thereof, within which said stem engages, the said stem serving also to center the pattern With respect to said clamping members, substantially as described.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a fixed support for the fabric, a revolving frame adjacent thereto, a swingingly mounted pattern support carried. by said frame, means for normally maintaining the free end of said pattern support in elevatedposition, a clamping member for engaging one edgeof a pattern, secured to the free end of said pattern support, a pair of clamping members for engaging the 0pposite edge of a pattern,- fixedly secured upon said revolving frame, and means for locking said clamping members together, said means serving also to center the pattern With respect to said clamping members, substantially as described.

9. In a machine of the class described, comprising a fixed and a movable portion, a swingingly mounted pattern support carried by the movable portion provided With a locking member thereon, said pattern support being adapted when brought into operating position to place its locking member in engagement with the fixed portion to lock and position said fixed and movable portions in proper relation to each other, substantially as described.

GUIDO HORVATH. lVitnesses:

C. LONGREN, EPI-IRAIM BANNING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1). c.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,029,514, granted June 11, 1912, upon the application of Guido Horvath, of Chicago, Illinois, for an improvement in Fabric-Marking Machines, were erroneously issued to T. Buettner & Co., of Chicago, Illinois, Whereas said Letters Patent should have been issued to T. Buettner d2 00., 0f Ultz'caga, Illinois, a corporation of Illinois; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 16th day of July, A. D., 1912.

I c. o. BILLINGS,

Acting Gammissioner of Patents.

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